Sponsored by Helen S. and Charles G. Patterson Jr. Charitable Foundation Trust, Sovah Health and What's Your Sign.
Donald Towns is a painter, background animation illustrator and art director. Anything that captures his imagination — especially in nature — becomes the subject of his art. He is particularly inspired by the interaction of light and color in nature.
His style is influenced by American landscape artists Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran. He strives to emulate the dramatic lighting, striking compositions and luminescent color found in their work. His experience in the motion picture industry has influenced his painting, giving his work the ethereal appearance of animated movie stills.
He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. After graduating from high school, he attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He went on to work at Disney, where as a background illustrator and art director, he was involved in the making of the award-winning films "Beauty and the Beast," "Aladdin” and "The Little Mermaid," as well as the groundbreaking movie "TRON," which included the first computer-generated imagery in a live-action film. He has freelanced for several companies and was privileged to work under the late Thomas Kinkade as a digital concept artist for the Thomas Kinkade Company. His painting “Fount of Life” won Best in Show at “Expressions 2025,” the annual open-entry exhibition presented by Lynwood Artists and Piedmont Arts. He lives in Stuart, Virginia, with his wife Karen.
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